novelonline Chapter 1975: Cherish Blessings (rolling around asking for monthly tickets)
Chapter 1975: Cherish Blessings (rolling around asking for monthly tickets)
Chapter 1975: Cherish Blessings (rolling around asking for monthly tickets)
After lunch, someone came to the imperial court.
He was E Tengyi, a member of the imperial clan and the first-class guard of the Qianqing Palace.
The silver reward from the emperor was not the banknotes from the Ministry of Revenue or the Imperial Household Department, but was official silver brought directly from the inner treasury.
A silver ingot weighing one hundred taels of silver, brand new.
Four thousand taels of silver is a box of gold ingots covered with yellow silk.
When the Ninth Prince received the news, he brought Shushu to the main hall in front and knelt to accept the grace.
Because he had been an escort for the previous two months, he had interacted a lot with the inner-class guards, not to mention that this was a yellow-belt clan member, so they were all familiar with each other.
"How many levels are there for rewarding the royal family this time? How much silver will be awarded to princes and dukes?"
Brother Jiu couldn't wait to ask.
E Tengyi replied, "It is divided into three levels. Several princes and dukes will be rewarded with 5,000 taels of silver. The fourth to ninth lords plus the thirteenth lord will be rewarded with 4,000 taels of silver. The twelfth lord, fourteenth lord, several dukes, beile, and the Duke of Zhenguo will be rewarded with 2,000 taels of silver."
The people who distributed the rewards were all sent out by the emperor.
The difference is that the one who went to the palaces of princes and dukes was Ma Wu, the ones who went to the palaces of beile and the Thirteenth Prince were the first-class guards, and the rest were the second-class guards in front of the emperor.
All of them were official silver drawn from the inner treasury, and all of the rewards given out everywhere were in silver.
The Ninth Prince smiled immediately.
He got more than he expected, and the Tenth Prince didn't suffer any loss, so that's enough.
He looked at Cao Shun and said, "Prepare two purses for Lao E to drink."
Cao Shun agreed, presented two purses, and personally sent the person out.
Etengyi was very satisfied with the heavy purse in his pocket.
He served in the imperial court and had long witnessed the Ninth Prince's generosity.
Needless to say, the purse is filled with gold ingots.
A purse is worth two taels of gold.
A pair of purses is worth four taels of gold.
Compared with the ten or twenty taels of silver for tea money in other mansions, the money here in the Ninth Prince's Mansion is doubled.
After everyone left, the Ninth Prince danced with joy and said to Shu Shu, "I really didn't expect that there would be so many rewards!"
He originally thought that it would be similar to the reward he received during his southern tour, one thousand taels of silver, or half the salary of a Beile.
Shushu looked at the neatly arranged official silver on the ground, thinking of the silver awarded by the emperor for ancestor worship in "Dream of Red Mansions", which had to be sealed and preserved, and said: "This silver is different from the last time. Last time, it was the emperor who subsidized my father's livelihood, so the names of my father and my tenth uncle were added to the regular royal family merit book. This time it is the silver awarded for the emperor's birthday. With the blessing of the emperor, I'd better save it and pass it on to Fengsheng and others in the future..."
When the reward silver came down, the Ninth Prince was still a bald prince with nothing, waiting for the money to be spent.
The silver gift that time was paid into the public account of the prince.
Now, the treasury of the Ninth Prince's Mansion is not short of these four thousand taels of silver.
The Ninth Prince thought it made sense.
He couldn't ask the children to kowtow in vain, so he had originally planned to take out a portion of the silver gift and share it with the children.
Now I save them all, and it doesn’t matter.
"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you. When Fengsheng and the others grow up, I'll use this money as a gift and as a dowry, so that they can enjoy more blessings from their father..."
Brother Ninth said.
After the couple made their decision, they ordered He Yuzhu to take people to carry the silver box to the warehouse before returning to the main courtyard.
"The reward is so generous, it's definitely not distributed equally, it must be selective..."
Brother Ninth said.
Khan Ama is sometimes generous and sometimes stingy.
I will appreciate whatever I like, and I will not accept anything that I don’t like.
Shushu thought for a moment and said, "Prince Chengding should be inside."
Kangxi's main rewards were probably given to his sons and brothers, and the others were just there to make up the numbers.
There are twelve princes who have reached adulthood, plus Prince Yu and Prince Gong, a total of fourteen people, which should be more than half of the reward list.
Fortunately, the Fourteenth Prince has come of age this year, otherwise it would be too conspicuous if the Twelfth Prince was listed separately.
In that case, everyone would know that the emperor does not like the twelfth prince.
You know, not only the bannermen are snobs, but also the royal family and ministers are snobs.
The Ninth Prince was happy for the Thirteenth Prince and said, "The Thirteenth Prince has been accompanying the guards all year round. He is not the kind of person who just follows to make up the numbers in the early years. He is assigned tasks every time. It is no easier than the Third Brother and the Fifth Brother. He deserves more rewards."
The twelfth prince has no ambition and just gets by with his life; the fourteenth prince has just been working in the six ministries and has not achieved anything.
If the Thirteenth Prince was rewarded at the same level as these two, it would be somewhat unfair to him.
Shushu listened with a smile.
In the eyes of outsiders, the Thirteenth Prince, this "beloved son", is of better quality than the Ninth Prince.
Since his first escort in the thirty-seventh year, the Thirteenth Prince has accompanied the Emperor on every trip, which is unique among the princes.
In addition, at the end of last year, the Thirteenth Prince offered sacrifices to Mount Tai on behalf of the emperor, so he was in a very busy situation.
That is to say, he is now in the palace, and the flag has not been lowered, otherwise someone would have taken advantage of the situation and stepped forward long ago.
Kangxi's promotion of the Thirteenth Prince this time should be intended to increase his status...
*
Prince Yu’s Palace.
Hearing that someone was coming from the imperial court, Baotai brought Baoshou to the front.
When Baotai heard that the gift of silver had arrived, he became hesitant.
This silver gift was given to his father. According to the rules, Prince Yu should go forward in person to receive it.
Fortunately, Ma Wu had received instructions in advance, and said, "The emperor has ordered that there is no need to disturb the prince, and let the prince receive the reward on his behalf."
Baotai kowtowed towards the Forbidden City and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace..."
Then he brought his younger brother and received the reward on behalf of his father.
After Ma Wu left, Baotai looked at the reward money on the ground, but there was no joy on his face.
"Father is ill and cannot come to the palace to celebrate the birthday. It's hard enough for him to feel this way. Now that he has received such a favor, I'm afraid he will be even more uneasy..."
Baotai whispered to Baoshou.
Bao Shou said: "There is nothing we can do about this. The emperor has my father's pulse record in front of him. He knows that my father cannot get out of bed, so he will not blame me..."
At this point, he thought of Prince Gong who showed up this morning, and said, "Uncle Wang, isn't that a bit too much? It seems like my father is being disrespectful to the emperor..."
Prince Gong showed up today despite having also taken sick leave.
Baotai said: "Uncle Wang is different from Ama..."
His father indeed had difficulty getting up, and Prince Gong saw how hard it was for him to do so, but he could still walk with the help of a cane.
In addition, his father is the elder brother of the prince, and Prince Gong is the younger brother of the prince, so they are different after all.
Even though they knew their father would be uneasy, the two brothers would not hide it from themselves. They asked someone to collect the reward money and went to the main courtyard to report...
*
Since someone had come from the imperial court, all the princes and nobles who were originally working in the government office also hurried home.
Prince Yu was the only one who received the oral order and allowed others to receive the reward on his behalf.
Others must receive it in person.
The Thirteenth Prince, who worked in the Ministry of Works, and the Fourteenth Prince, who worked in the Ministry of Revenue, also received messages from their superiors and returned to the palace to receive their rewards.
The two met at the gate of the Ministry of Revenue.
Fourteenth Prince looked forward to it and asked, "How much was the reward for Thirteenth Prince's southern tour? This time it should be at least that much, right?"
The Thirteenth Prince said truthfully, "I gave him two rewards during the Southern Tour, each time he gave me five hundred taels. I don't know about this time."
The Fourteenth Prince was a little stunned when he heard this, and said, "That's too little, not even as much as our monthly salary!"
They have no title now, only the prince's allowance of fifty taels of silver per month.
The Thirteenth Prince said: "The Emperor's grace is great, so you don't need to worry too much."
No matter how much it was, he planned to keep it and wait for his ninth brother's pearl farm business to invest in it.
Now in the palace, the expenses are relatively small. When I set up a government office, there will be more social interactions and the expenses will be higher. At that time, I will have to think about how to increase revenue.
After all, this sum of money was a pleasant surprise.
The Fourteenth Prince was a little disappointed and said, "I remember the last time we gave out a reward, the minimum was three thousand taels and the maximum was eight thousand taels. How come there is such a big difference?"
The Thirteenth Prince said, "It's different. Last time it was a reward for merit. The clan members on the list were all those who had made contributions in the Pingzheng War..."
They are all Duke of Zhenguo and above, and their titles cannot be easily changed, so we can make up for it with silver.
The fourteenth prince muttered quietly, "What merits did the ninth and tenth brothers have? In the thirty-fifth year, when Khan Ama was personally on the expedition, they were still in the study..."
The Thirteenth Prince looked at the Fourteenth Prince and reminded him, "That was Khan Ama's grace. The Ninth and Tenth Brothers were conferred titles later than their elder brothers..."
Especially in the case of the tenth brother, who had a noble status and whose title was delayed, there were also objections from outside at that time.
You have to know that when the princes were conferred titles in the thirty-seventh year, the ninth and tenth brothers had already grown up, and it was only because of their military merits that the two were left out that they were conferred titles. Otherwise, it would not have been discussed in private, but would have been brought to the court long ago.
That time, Jiaen also meant to appease the tenth brother.
The Fourteenth Prince also understood the Thirteenth Prince's intention, and nodded with a sour feeling in his heart, "That's right, the Imperial Concubine is noble, and the son is noble because of his mother. Naturally, the Tenth Brother is different from us..."
After entering the inner court, the Fourteenth Prince did not go east, but followed the Thirteenth Prince to the west.
"Don't worry, I'll go back after I see Brother Thirteen receive the reward..."
Fourteenth Prince said with sparkling eyes.
The Thirteenth Prince disapproved and said, "It's not appropriate to waste time."
It seems disrespectful.
Fourteenth Prince said, "We are already waiting, so a quarter of an hour won't be a big deal. I will prepare a thick tea envelope for you later. Haha, I just want to know whether Thirteenth Prince's reward is the same as mine..."
The Thirteenth Prince could not persuade them any further, so the two brothers went to Qianxi Tousuo.
The Thirteenth Lady was already waiting in the front yard. When she saw the two brothers coming back, she hurried forward to greet them.
The guards who came to bestow the silver also met the two princes.
When the Fourteenth Prince saw the silver box on the ground, he blinked.
A box this big definitely cannot be worth just a few hundred taels of silver.
When the guard delivered the oral order, the Thirteenth Prince and his wife knelt down to receive the silver gift, and the Fourteenth Prince's mouth curled up.
Four thousand taels of silver!
It was almost the same as he had guessed before!
Last time when we rewarded the royal family, the two bald princes, the ninth and tenth brothers, were just like the previous brother.
He said something to the Thirteenth Prince and his wife, then hurried back to Qiandongtou.
When he met the people and looked at the box on the ground, the Fourteenth Prince discovered something different.
He was a strange looking guard, wearing second class shrimp attire.
The silver and money on the ground were also covered with yellow silk, but they were obviously much smaller than the box on the Thirteenth Prince's side.
He had a solemn look on his face, rolled up his sleeves, and knelt down to receive the reward.
When he heard clearly that it was two thousand pieces of silver, he clenched his fists and kowtowed heavily to express his gratitude...